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Russian, Asian or Eastern European mail order bride woes for Kiwis
Craig Davis says in the past six months, 11 men have contacted seeking help with mail order love affairs gone wrong. One A man admits to having had two mail order brides. "I'm one of the dumb ones. I did it twice in 7 years." He found his first wife from the Ukraine: "She seemed to be a marvellous lady. But we weren't married a year and once she got that stamp in her passport she was gone." His second wife was Russian, who fell pregnant. He got the visa and brought her to New Zealand. The relationship grew sour, and custody battle continues. "It has drained me... financially, emotionally and psychologically."
by stuff | 2007-04-12 | Dark Side of Relationship

Death row inmates like Carr seek love via letters
Reginald Carr is on Kansas' death row, but that hasn't stopped him from using the Internet to seek female companionship: "An intelligent (career woman if possible) woman with an open mind and a big heart," reads a personal ad for Carr. Carr and his brother, Jonathan, went on a crime rampage in 2000 that left 5 people dead and a sixth sexually brutalized, shot in the head and left for dead. When Kim Parker learned of the online pen pal listing from The Eagle, she said: "It's sickening, because it doesn't give any regard to what he's done, what he's capable of doing and the manipulation of innocent individuals."
by kansas | 2007-01-29 | Dark Side of Relationship

Online romance heartbreak prompts hanging
A 17-year-old Chinese boy was so disappointed to find that the online girl he met was not only not that beautiful but also too old for him that he hanged himself. He became addicted to online chatroom QQ. He fell for a girl called "Qunjiaofeiyang" (Flying Skirt), who described herself as a beautiful 19yo. After weeks, he arranged a date in Mudanjiang, 120 kilometres away. "To his intense disappointment, his dream girl turned out to be a plain lady who was more than 10 years older than him. His parents tried to comfort and console him but, his hopes crushed, he went out to a nearby hill and hanged himself."
by theaustralian | 2007-01-10 | Dark Side of Relationship

Man warns about Internet brides
"I wanted to find someone to share my life with." American women wouldn't give him the time of day so he turned to the Internet. It's there he met a woman whom we'll call Mary. Months later he flew to Bogotá, Columbia, to meet Mary and her two kids. He thought it was love, so he proposed. That's when the process began of getting them into Texas legally. It cost thousands of dollars. However, wedded bliss didn't last long. Mary moved out of the bedroom and began asking what would happen if things didn't work out. Soon Mary and her children left and she was claiming abuse, something he denies. Now he believes it was all part of a plan.
by abclocal | 2006-11-30 | Dark Side of Relationship

When love turns sour
'No' is a hard word for many men to digest, when in love. And sometimes they turn violent. Is this love, obsession or... In January, 2006, a young girl was burnt alive on the Surat railway station platform by a boy because she didn't reciprocate his love. A working woman was burnt alive in public view at Churchgate station in Mumbai by a man who could not take a 'no' to his proposal for marriage. In March 2005, a Mumbai boy threw acid on a 13-year-old girl for rejecting his proposal. These are not merely isolated cases. Love laced with jealousy and anger can be dangerous and has spoilt many young women's lives. And the real-life examples are plenty.
by timesofindia | 2006-01-19 | Obsession or Addiction: Man, Woman & Sex

Oral sex gaining popularity among kids
More than half of kids 15 through 19-years-old engage in oral sex, an act once reserved for the most intimate relationships. Oral sex is what many young kids seemingly see as the safe alternative. "They're totally separating emotions from sexual activity," Dr. Clements said. Many kids are actually becoming physically ill from the sexual activity. "The largest sexual disease among teenage girls today is gonorrhea of the throat," Dr. Clements said. Furthermore, brain scans of boys who watch pornography are troubling. The largest viewers of internet pornography are high school boys age 12 through 17.
by wfaa | 2005-12-03 | Dark Side of Relationship

Millions of girls undergo female genital cutting every year
An estimated three million girls in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East undergo genital mutilation/cutting every year, according to a UNICEF report. Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a traditional practice believed to enhance a girl's beauty, honour, marriageability, social status and chastity. Parents encourage cutting so that the family honour and the girl's best interest are protected.
by medicalnewstoday | 2005-11-29 | Dark Side of Relationship

When love and hate collide
The case of a man deliberately running over his fiancee has brought the spotlight back on the increasing number of crimes of passion. We find out why love is turning dark. The violence of love. This strange but true fact often remains closeted within the private domains of the two individuals concerned.
by timesofindia | 2005-11-27 | Dark Side of Relationship

Next target in AIDS fight: sugar daddies
The luring of teen women by older, wealthier men is a key factor in the spread of AIDS. 10.3% of Ugandan women aged 15-24 have HIV/AIDS, compared with 2.8% of men, according to a 2003 government report. Experts attribute the gap largely to sugar daddies. Also, a Columbia University study found that women aged 15-19 whose partners were 10 or more years older were at double the risk of contracting AIDS than those with partners 0 to 4 years older.
by csmonitor | 2005-11-25 | Dark Side of Relationship

Mildly Depressed People More Perceptive Than Others
Surprisingly, people with mild depression are actually more tuned into the feelings of others than those who aren't depressed, a team of psychologists has discovered. The researchers were so taken aback by the findings, they decided to replicate the study with another group of participants. The second study produced the same results: People with mild symptoms of depression pay more attention to details of their social environment than those who are not depressed.
by ScienceDaily | 2005-11-22 | Dark Side of Relationship

Women 'get blame for being raped'
A third of people believe a woman is partially or completely responsible for being raped if she has behaved flirtatiously, a survey suggests. The Amnesty International poll of 1,000 people also found over 25% believe she is at least partly to blame if she has worn revealing clothing or been drunk.
by BBC | 2005-11-21 | Dark Side of Relationship

HIV-positive man to stand trial on murder charges
An HIV-positive man from Hamilton, Ont. will stand trial on first degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of two women who were allegedly his sexual partners. Johnson Aziga, 49, is accused of having unprotected sex with at least 13 women without disclosing his health status.
by CTV | 2005-11-16 | Dark Side of Relationship

Erotic charge 'is feature of good teaching'
A sexual charge between pupils and teachers is sometimes a feature of good teaching, an academic has claimed, following research that estimates as many as 1,500 pupil-teacher relationships develop each year. Pat Sikes concluded that "erotic charges" were common in schools, particularly as a result of good teaching "which provokes a positive and exciting response". Her 25-year study stressed that exploitative relationships were wrong, but added that it was not always a case of teacher exploiting pupil.
by Guardian | 2005-11-11 | Dark Side of Relationship

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